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On tho Threshold
VVIitto 1 wiis sinking yostiud y,
liunrittli the, UIiich, Uuur,
A little I'irri penlied overhead
A if it IoiikiiJ to heiir.
I oried, "Oil, bird, tiing sin;; to mat
No ng of niino i nn uvrr be
So sweet us your wild iniuxtrclay."
i'lio lilt lu bird lic'iii In 'm s
At every note ami sound
It feotneil ns If tiMi;.'e li.iti'iioi'H I'limo,
Ami soil Iv Rtliiiri'.l round.
Anil mill Ilia bird ."uny loud mnl clunr
1 filiut m; eves tlmt I might liviir
i'lia voices in thu stumu world nenr.
Anil when nt l:ist the Itiril w.is still
I opened wide my eye,
lint nil iiround were lnil thu tree
('I'lifting to thu ukii'.i
'I lie lit I lo liir.l is In." nwnv,
IJut 1 lieiieath lliu 1 1 if stray
To thnt .weot world of 3'osttii-ilny.
Km, in Canrll't family .tfiiyiutnt.
THE DEACON'S DINNER.
The good housewives of tho neigh
borhood often Mill that Mr. Smart
ought to bo the happiest woman in the
world.
Such a nleo house as sho lives in !"
said Miss Hryce, who, pour soul,
taught the district school, And "board
el around," like tho scape-goat in the
Scripture wildernesses.
"Such a pious man as tho dear dea
con is !" added Mrs. Hopkins, whose
1 etter-half had once been a sea-captain,
and was still apt to be profane
by tits and starts, when thu cattle got
Into the clover-Mold, and the midnight
weasel marauded on bis hen-coops and
turkey-ri osts.
"With a store-carpet on tho best
room floor," put in Mrs. Jones, "and a
weekly nowspaper, and white sugar In
Iter tea every day of her life, and a
horse and wagon to t.tko hor tj uieut
in' Sundays!"
Such was tho opinion of society ns
represented in (ilen Hollow. 1'erhaps
Mrs. Deacon Smart imn a happy
woman. Hut wo are told, on the very
best authority, that "the heart know
pth its own bitterness."
Mrs. Smart was washing up her
best china, one morning, preparatory
to giving a grand tea party, and her
cousin. I lia 1 tic, was helping her,
when the deacon put bis shining bald
head in at the door.
'My-rh'ar," said be, "here is a paper
of pins for you."'
Mrs. Smart nearly dropped a gilt
edgol saucer, in her consternation.
"More '('s.'" said she.
"Yes. my d 'ar," said tho deacon,
unctuously. "Puis are always useful."
'Oli, yes, pins.'" said Mrs. Smart,
giving her glass-towel a tots as she
wiped the last globule of moisture
from a goblet. "Hut nut rows of rus
'v wire! 1 do say for it, Khenezer "
"I'm going to (linn Depot, my dear,"
the deacon somewhat hurriedly inter
rupted, at this juncture; "and perhaps
I shau't be home until ne o'clock."
He withdrew, and Mrs. Smart turn
el to Klla Dale with a half laugh.
"There, my deir," said she, throw
ing down the faded green roll of pin.
paper on tho dresser, "there you be
hold the secret of my d uiii'stic unliap
piness, the skeleton in my closet !"
Kiln opened her round ha.el eyes
very wide.
"I can't think whit you mean,
.'u iana," said she. '')'" unhappy! --nil
tho dear de.ic hi such a truly good
man !"
"Thai's the trouble," said Mrs.
Smart; "he's tco good."
I don't 8co how that can be possi- i
b'.c," protested Klla, more perplexed j
than ever. j
"And it's all at my expense-," said
Mrs. Smart, dolefully. ''Do you seo
t'.iat paper of pins?"
"Why, of course I seo it," said Klla.
"Well, Mr. Smart has bought that
paper of pins of a peddler at the door,"
said Mrs. Smart. "Peddlers always
come here. This house is a Mecca to
the race of peddlers. They know that
Mr. Smart always buys of them he's
too good-hearted to say do; or rather
let us speak the truth and shame him
who shall lie nameless between us he
Is too indolent to resist their Importu
nities." Klla burst out laughing.
"but what a very insignificant
little trial '." said she.
"Oh, yes, I da.'e say!" said Mrs.
Smart. "The sting of a hornet isn't
so very terrible in itself, but when a
whole swarm is let loose upon you,
what then?'
"A swarin?" repeated innocent Klla,
"My dear," said Mrs. Smart, lower
ing her voice to a confidential whisper,
"up stairs in my bed-room closet I
have eighteen papers of just such
cheap pins utterly useless for any
thing but to bend themselves up doub
le when you try to put them through
a single thickness of calico, and to de
prive you of your temper just when
you need it most; six cards of porce
lain buttons an article which 1 neper
use; nine packages of stove-blacking;
thirteen bottles of sewing-machine oil;
five papers of rusty needles; a dozen
pairs of shoe-strings; and eight rolls
of tape, which is an insult to one's
common sensel If I could reconeilolt
to my conscience, I'd fling tho whole,
collection into the fire; but I was
brought up to economize. What do
you think, Klla? Would it be a sin to
annihilate all these pitfalls to my
equanimity?"
"It is rather a problem," said Klla
!ale, soberly.
"And with ail this," said Mrs. Smart,
waxing vehement as she went on,
"Kbonnz.er is unwilling to give me
money to buy decent darning-needles
and respectable tape. lie wonders
why I can't make my dresses last a
little longer, and thinks I am extrava
gant in wanting a new feather for my
old velvet hat. lie announces that 1
uso too many raisins and spices, and
asks me why I can't raise eggs and
poultry to exchange, for groceries at
the village, store. And yet oh, tho
Inconsistency of men! ho expects me
to give a bowl of coffeo and a sand
wich, to say nothing of wedges of
apple-pie and threo-cornerod bits of
cake, to every able-bodied tramp and
stout peddler-woman who comes
along."
"Doesn't he make any allowanco for
it in the housekeeping money?" said
Klla.
"Not bo! Just look here!" Mrs.
Smart opened the drawer of the kitchen-table.
"This is where I keep the
house-money, which he gives nio every
week nnd he came hero twice this
morning to get a quarter for a lame
beggar, and to hunt up ten pennies
for that same outrageous paper of
pins!"
And she cast a baleful glance at the
articlo, which still lay on the dresser.
"This is piracy," said Klla, judicially.
"It's highway robbery!" declared
Mrs. Smart. "And there comes the
butcher's-cart, ami I haven't money
enough left from my week's allow
ance to buy a single steak, and here it
is only Wednesday."
"Can't you buy on credit ?''
"Never!" said Mrs. Smart, with
spirit. "It's a thing that I never have
done, and that I never will do!"
Klla's brown eyes sparkled, as she
shook her head vehemently at the
butcher, who was just checking his old
horses at the dour.
"Nothing today," said she. "(io on!"
Mrs. Smart dashel away a tear.
"(iivo me soiuo of that shelled corn,
Klla," said she. "I suppose I can
catch a chicken for dinner."
"Do nothing of the soft, my dear,"
said Klla Dale.
"Hut what are wo to do?"
"Why, have a picked-up dinner, to-be-sure!"
answered Klla. 'Just leave
int to manage it."
"Hut I'm afraid the deacon won't
liko it."
"Well, and if he doesn't? Ymt don't
like tho peddler business, do you?" re
torted Klla Dale.
At one o'clock the table was all
spread, with three huge eential plat
ters carefully shielded with the covers
which were ordinarily brought out
only on state occasions, and Mrs.
Smart and Klla were peeping out of
the window, and wondering what
kept the deacon so late.
"There he comes now!" said Mrs.
Smart. "Hood gracious me! and there
Is Willis Mildmay with him! We never
counted on him bringing company to
dinner, Klla."
"What signifies company?" said
Klla. stoutly maintaining her compos-n-.
iilthough her pretty face had turn
ed pink all over, like a June rose.
"Willis Mildmay won't care when ho
comprehends it all. Willis is a sensi
ble man."
"Ciime in, Mr. Smart come in, Mr.
Mildmay," said Mrs. Smart. "You're
half an hour late, Khenezer. Klla ami
1 could not imagine what ha 1 become
of you."
"I hope I am not intruding!" said
Mr. Mildmay, looking at Klla Dale as
if a glance at her rosy face was all the
dinner that he wanted.
"Oh, not in the least!" said Mrs.
Smart. "Pray sit down. We have
but a plain dinner to-day; but it is all
that my housekeeping allowance
would admit."
"No apologies, my dear," said Dea
con Smart "no apologies. Hunger is
the best sauce, as we well know."
And thereupon they all seated them
selves, and the deacon whisked off the
big platter-covers, with a counteuance
of expect a! ion,
"Hello !" said the deacon.
There, upon the centre plate, lay the
eighteen pale-green papers of pins.
At the right and left, on smaller plat
ters, were arranged the cards of porce
lain buttons and the rolls of tape,
while the bottles of machine-oil and
packages of stove-blacking were ar
ranged like a child's block-house on a
side-table, beneath a white napkin, by
way of dessert.
Ella Dale burst out laugUng. Mrs.
Smart joined in, Willis Mildmay,
spurred on by this infectious sound,
laughed too, although ho had not tho
least idea what he was laughing at.
The deacon stared as if bo had sudden
ly become all eyes.
"Juliana," said ho, "what is tho
meaning of this?"
"It means, Khenezer," his wlfo re
sponded, "that you have spent my
housekeeping mouey for cheap ped
dler's wares, and that Klla and 1 de
termined to serve them up to you for
dinnerl And what you don't eat, wo
nro going to burn; and henceforward,
whatever is bought has got to ho of a
good quality, or I won't have it in tho
house! Because 1 have como to tho
conclusion that charity is one thing
and justice is another. And if you
give mo money for housekeeping, it
isn't fair for you to spend it in buying
articles which no one can uso !"
"Certainly it Isn't!" said Klla Dale,
coming valiantly lo the rescue.
The deacon's under jaw dropped; ho
had half a mind to be angry, but he
thought better of it, and broke into a
slow chuckle.
"Mildmay," he said, turning to tho
young man, "be warned in time! You
see what tricks these women folks
will be up to !"
Hut Mr. Mildmay, who had some
how got hold of Klla's band under tho
folds of tho tablecloth, did not seem to
heed these words of wisdom as deeply
ns ho should have done.
"Ladies," said he, "there's a bushel
of oysters out in .he wagon, that I
was taking home. If you will build
up a good lire, we'll have a roast, and
I'll be head cook. 1 supposo you'vo
got plenty of bread and butter?"
"Yes; and good, hot coffee," said
Mrs. Smart. "Make haste, Klla, and
start tho firo to a blaze. And we'll
stimulate it with machine-oil and
cheap pins."
The deacon sat by and made no
demur.
lie only laughed in a sheepish, si
lent sort of way.
Anil the family dined off hoi, roast
oysters, bread and butter and coffeo.
Towards the close of the repast, a
stout, itinerant vender, with a basket
on his arm, tapped at the door.
1 hope ' seo your honor well?" said
he, with the regular professional
whine. "Will'ee buy something to
day? Pins, needles, shoe-laces, hair
pins or a little - "
Hut Deacon Smart shut the door in
the very midst of his oily orations.
"No !" said he.
And tho monosyllable sealed Mrs.
Smart's triumph for good and all.
Hthn Furitst Urn m.
The Origin of "Mr." ami "Mrs."
The history of those everyday titles
of Mr. and Mrs., which are now the
common property of every one, is not
without interest, though in some of
its steps it is a little obscure. In the
earlier times of our history the ordi
nary man was simply William or John;
that is to say, ho had merely a Chris
tain name, without any kind of "han
dle" before it, or surname after it.
Some means of distinguishing onu
John or one William from another
John or another William became nec
essary. Nicknames, derived iroiu a
man's trade, or from his dwelling
place, or from some personal peculiari
ty, were tack on to their Christain
names, and plain John became plain
John Smith. As yet there wire no
"Misters" in tho land. Souio John
Smith accumulated more wealth than
the bulk of his fellows became per
haps a landed proprietor, or an em
ployer of hired labor. Then ho began
to be called in the Norman-Freri"h of
the day, tho "Maistre," of this place,
or of that, of these workmen or of
those. In tinio the "Maistre," or
"Maister," as it soon became, got
tacked on beforo his name, and ho be
came Maister Smith and his wife was
MaistreNS Smith. Hut gradually the
sense' of possession was lost sight of,
and the title was conferred upon any
man who had attained social distinc
tion of any kind, whether by mere
possession of wealth, or by holding
some position of more or less consider
ation and importance. It is only with
in comparatively modem times that
the term came to bo considered an al
most indispensable adjunct to every
one's name when mentioned in ordina
ry conversation or writing. Maistress
Smith soon became Mistress Smith.
Kxactly how and when the term got
corrupted cannot be said. Master
Smith, however, remained Master
i Smith long after his w ife became Mis
tress Smith. Times-Ihinorint.
II Wouldn't Take So Loin;.
Colonel Lubbock and Jones wert
walking home from the office.
"Wait awhile." said Colonel Lub
bock, halting in front of a grocery.
"1 want to step in bore and get some
tea."
I don't believe I'll have time," said
Joues. "I'm in something of hurry."
"Y'ou won't have to wait long, 1'ir
only going to get a quarter if t
pound." Truevkr't 3Iuiuine,
HEKCIIKK OX I'.USINKSS.
An Interesting Discourse on
Practical Affair's.
The Foundations that nro Necessary to
Every Man's Success,
t In tho course of a recent sermon
Rev. Henry Ward Hcccher said:
"Men who live righteously have all
tho secular things necessary to happi
ness. Obedience to divine law and
secular prosperity go hand in hand.
There is no directory in the world like
S donion's proverb. One would think
Solomon had lived in New York, for
you will find there all you know and a
good deal more. Kvery man to be
successful must have a foundation.
He must have health, strength and
common sense, which Is the ino-d un
common of all. lie must have indus
try and good manngeuun'. He must
conlino his work to his capabilities,
A man six feet tall can reach higher
than a man only live feet in height no
matter how hard tho other may try.
An unthinking brain cannot be a phil
osopher and a man without nonius
cannot produce poetry, of which wo
have ten thousand instances.
"A man's first aim in life is to build
himself up. And tho building of one's
self is tiio result of proper industry,
frugality and economy. Wo are not
hero merely to enjoy ourselves. A
right Christain lil'o limits men's de
sires for pleasure, wealth and prefer
ment. Half of tho failures in com
mercial life are tho result of greedi
ness. Men are nut content with mod
eration with what belongs to their
abilities. Seeking to do more than in
them lies, they fall to tho ground.
Thero are many men whose energy
and ambition drive them over all ob
stacles. They don't stop to consider
the rights of others, but rush through
the crowd knocking one man down
and treading on another's feet. Thou
sands have no sense of equity between
man and man, but by and by they are
destroyed by the very impulse that
urged them on their haughty, lordly
career.
"Moderation prevents over-uciion
and henco prevents reactior. Men
eat and are stupid. They drink and
are excited. Their relied inns are like
tho rellection of the sun upon the
waves. The moral constitution ol the
world is in agreement with right liv
ing, and whatever one seeks ho can
seek better by conforming to the moral
laws of (iod's kingdom. Moreover
the laws which apply to individual
j life apply to society. If a community
fails to heed them the same punish
1 nient follows. It makes all the differ
ence in the world w hat sort of a com
munity a man lives in. If you go
down into a community of individuals
where lights and quarrels prevail you
cannot expect to find peace and happi
ness. What kind of a place is that for
yourself or your chi'dren? Hut if you
go into a community of tastefulness,
sobriety and godliness you are lifted
up. Hence it is that no manor class
uf men has a right to maintain a nuis
ance of any kind. When we go forth
to drive out tho nuisanco wearonot
meddling in what isnot our business.
It does concern us, and it is our right
to interfere. Wo cannot always ac
complish all that we would like to ac
complish, it is true. We cannot com
pel a man to go to church, but we can
make him send his children to
school. We can come so near to it at
any rate. Moral and virtuous men
pay the bills of criminals.
"Men who pander to animals In
stincts are dangerous to humanity,
l'hey are dangerous to your children
and mine. You remember the old
fable about a man selling bis soul to
the devil tho poorest bargin the devil
could make by the way. Hut while
no man probably ever sold himself to
the devil at whoh sale, many are sell
ing themselves to him at retail. When
ever you violate the great fundamental
canons of morality you are selling
yourself. There are men in Brooklyn
who arc seeking prosperity by sacrific
ing purity and morality, thinking that
they will succeed by disregarding di
vine law. Many beliove in the Bible,
but not In its contents. The Bible
says rectitude is prosperity, but they
don't believe it. Do you beliexe speak
ing the truth at all times is essential
fo your prosperity, young man ? No, a
little evasion now and then is consid
ered smart. You ridicule the blunt
country youth, who blurts out the
truth at all times. 'He is green.'
Men say they will first amass for
tunes by evasions and deception, and
then they w ill join the church. They
can't do it while building up their
properties, (th.no! Why, a business
man in New York persuing such a
course would bankrupt himself in a
week. No mistake should be made in
the cases of men who are successful
in their wickedness. When such do
prosper it is because of some qualities
la their natures which are really good.
In what is called prosperity thero is
often not a particle of true enjoyment.
There are thousands of men in dingy
shops who are happier than others in
palaces. I don't believe bloodsuckers
of gold are happy. I would rather hu
a healthy, respected poor man than
the richest in the world, whose name
is only another for gold, so far
as happiness is concerned."
lifiiiiirkiihlc Memories.
There w as a Corsican boy who could
rehearse H,i,MI) words, whether senso
or nonsense, as they were dictated, and
then repeat them in the reverse order
without making a single mistake. A
physician, about sixty years ago, could
repent the whole of "Paradise Lost'
without a mistake, although ho had not
read it for twenty years. Kuler, the
great mat tiemau. ian, wnon lie nee . nio
mimi, cotiiu repeal inewnoieoi ir
gil's ".Kneid," and could remember
the first line and the la-t liue in every
page of the particular edition which
ho had been accustomed to read before
ho became blind. One kind of reteu-
tivo memory may bo considered as
the result, of sheer work, a determina
tion toward one particular achieve
ment without refcrenco either to culti
vation, or to memory on other subjects.
This is frequently shown by persons,
in humble life in regard to the Hible.
An old beggarman, at Sterling, known
about fifty years ago as "Blind Mick,"
afforded an instance of this. Ho knew
tho wdiolo of the Bible by heart, insn
muclt that, if a sentenco was read to
him, he could name the book, chapter,
and verse; or, if the book, chapter, and
verso were ' ame.l, be could givetlm
exact words. A gentleman, l" 'est
him, repeated a verse, purposely mak
ing one verbal inaccuracy. Alick hes
itated, named the place where the pas
sage was to bo found, but at the same
ti mo pointed out the verbal error.
'The same gentleman asked him to re
peat the ninetieth verse .'of the seventh
chapter of tho Boo!; of numbers.
Alick almost instantly replied: "Thero
is no such verse. That chapter has
only eighty-nine verses." tiassenui
had acquired by lnait ;. m it i Latin
verses; and, ill order to give his mem
ory exercise, ho was in the habit of
daily reciting ("i'' verses from differ
ent languages.
The World's Telegraphs
Last year there were strung about
this mundane sphere tinoiini miles uf
telegraph line. The I 'nited states out
ranks tho world as far as thu telegraph
is concerned, both as to extent of wire
and number of messages sent. Last
year there were 05,1 100,0110 messages
sent in this country to ;o,inhmmm) ju
Creat Britain, is.noiyinii jn Germany,
and 10.00. 1,1 Ui) in France. liussia
sends about p 1,1100,1 mil of telegrams a
year, Switzerland "J. "iii.t hiii, Spain :!,.
01)0,000, 'Turkey a little over l.oo'Mkn),
Belgium ti,ooO,0"n and Austria '.',01 m
Oi'O. Mexico has li'.o telegraph oiliees,
and it sends about 7'o,immi telegrams a I
year. Japan has l'Jo oilhes and sends
nearly :i,oiiii,ooo telegrams a year, it
is a characteristic fact, showing tho
progress of the two nations, that the
Japanese, with smaller territory and a
much less populatii.il, send three times
as many messages as China.
With the 05,1 11 10,1 H 10 telegrams sent
last year, the I'nited States had 1 0,01111
telegraph oiliees and 151,tj."ii) miles of
lines. The mileage is larger to-day
than then, and the wires are more
generally used. Of those messages
the average cost per message uf those
sent by the Western 1'nion was thirty
and nine-tenth cents, and the average
profit per message was fifteen and si
tenth cents. In lstls the Western
I'nion had about one-lifth of its pres
ent mileage, and its charge per mes
sage was on the average over twice as
great. At that tune it made a profit
of forty one cents per message, in
ls4 the Western I'nion had llo.tuM
miles of wire. It sent mure than 4J,-
ntX',000 messages and tonkin nearly
$'j0,tKo,000 in receipts. -tVtcd,,
Ltudt
The Langnaires of I lie World,
It is said that the nations of the
earth speak akttil ninety different
dialects. Hut these dialecis can bo
traced to a much smaller nuiubur of
languages. All these languages are
divided into three classes namely, the
Indo-tiertnaiiic, which eiubacts the
ancient classical languages and thosft
of modern Kurope; the Sanscrit,
which embraces all the various
languages of India, and the Semitic,
which embraces the Hebrew, Cluildaic,
Syriac, Arabic, etc.
Satisfied.
Nervous old lady boards a train;
when about to seat herself, discovers a
horrid man with a gun in the car.
"I hope that thing is not loaded."
Frolicsome Sportsman: "Ye. Ma'am;
it is. However, I will insert this cork
In the muzzle. There! Quite b'"j
now."
The timid ono is satisfied, Life,
SHORT CORK CIIAITKR.
A LiOht SulJj'-t, and Yet One
FU oT Interest.
5711010 Cork Ba Comes From, and How
it is Utilized in Various Ways,
"It's funny what prejudice will do,"
i-iid a well-known cork merchant.
We are compelled to import every
pear several thousand dollars' worth
if hand-cut corks. These come ehieily
Trom (erinauy. They are not so good
is the machine-cut c.irks of our own
Miintry, (13 they vary in size and are
luit approximately round. A maehine-r-
1 1 cork will always lit tho bottlo it is
iniido for. Yet somo of our old tier
man bottlers :1"d druggists, are so
prejudiced in favor of the products of
r:ltliorUii,l that they will buy hand-
i'Ut corks every time, of course, price
may have something to do with it, for
it is a peenli.O' fact, and one showing
how cheap labor can get, that those
corks cut ,,,(. by one bv hand inOerina
ny are brought over here, tariff paid,
ami then sold a little cheaper than our
niachine-eiit corks. 'The cork busi
ness is growing very rapidly. This is a
great e1)Unt,y for bottled goods.and bot
tles must be corked with something.
'There are twenty three cork factories in
thecoiintry, but the one in Pittsburgh
of whbh we are the branch, works up a
little iiinro thai on -half of all the
bark imported every year.
"fork, you know, is the bark, not
tho Wuod, of the cork oak. All our
barks come from Spain and Portugal.
There they keep cork woods. It
iloesn t 111 the tr,.u to lake its bark w ho cares ? Our whole fence is."
away, UU(1 it can be skinned every six The reason a miser can find no in
or eiKht years. About 1.i.hM,imm) . lpri.st jn j Mr ,,,,; is because they
worth of the raw bark is bi ought to have no principal,
this country every y,ar. There is no 1 M,lUllM,i lla.e vou ev,.r read
t ..ft ft .... I.,,l ..:. ..f I". ..... ....,
i... oil 11, 0..1 i.iuii i"".,
on the manufactured product. 'The I
importations of man 11 fad 11 red corks
run about $B'"."0'l a year. The cork
has to he steamed up before it is cut,
Corks are made in thousands of sizes
and grades, from the sizes of a pin
head up to four meters in diameter.
We keep t;o i sizes and gra b s in stock.
There's a little e,,tk that sells at
cents a gross, and yet every cork has ft
be handled three times in 'he man 11 1 at t
lire iiiieeiii cuttinit, once in tapering,
and tho hist liin;. in assorting out
grade from the other.
"None (if the nark that comes over
In the .shins goes to waste. We used
t burn the lel'us,., but we know bet- ! relating to roller skates have been pa
ter now. I'p between the joints, right j tented since January 1, and yet it is
under the roof of this building w ! safe to predict that w hen a skater un
have Hacked fifteen inches of cranula- 1 Pxpectedly sits dow n with a dull, sick-
ted cork. Last summer this upper
floor was as cool as any floor in the
building. The heat can't get througt
that cork protector. The palaco cai
builders use the same stuff to pack un
der tho triors of their curs to deaden
the sound and under the roof to kee
the heat out. I sold lil'tv car loads td
granulated bark to a certain gentle
man to pack under the roofs of his re
frigerator cars as a non-conductor id
heat. He has saved thousands of did
lors in by the use of that substance
and has hoped that none of his couipft
itors would catch onto the scheme
Hut he hoped in vain.
" The finest of the refuse is used b
picttiro-traine makers in decorations j his head. It was a bold proceeding
They sprinkle it ,,u their bronzed 01 for. although others ultimately fo!
j '1 anned frames, see that picture: lowed his example, some t hue elapsed
Well, this old castle along the libine ucfore the fashion became general, and
the rocks, hdl". trees, vineyard, ll w it was so regarded as a sign of inlirnii
ers and birds -an exquisite landscape : ;y to use umbrellas that those who
is it not? ar'' idl made from cork ; parried them were exposed to much
pressed liko papier mache. U is ; ' "chali" and unploa-aut jeering from
f'crniun novelty, and a neat -"ne the London gamins of tho day.
Fruit and egg cases, ice houses ant strangely enough, the high podtion
ice machines, are often packed will -j Ihe umbrella has attained in political
granulated cork, which cost, onlv tw .'circles of late is foreshadowed tu out
j cents a pound ' '(' '' Utrn!t.
(111 inn. Mat ist ies.
A writer on the railways ol tin
world states that every day ti.ooo.ooi
persons are t arried greater or less dis
1 tances on steam roads. In other words.
j 'J, lii,tmo,ooo p,.-Mins, nearly douhlt
the population of the globe, travel in
(railway cars during each year, and tin
numbers, of course, arc steadily in
vreasing. D s these increasing tide
of travel that are altering the face id
the earth, since the recogniton id
American independence some 1J,."0",
ooo immigrants have landed on our
shores. Of these barely 1,ikmhmi,i
came here previous to 1S1 1, the other
eleven niilli"n and a half is to be cred
ited to the cheapness of steam naviga
tion. Another prosperous period
wouhi probably bring 1.oo0,ihm "uro
peans yearly to share our liberty and
gool fortune in this country. Deiwr-
f'v.
A l'l ad it-ill Snitor.
lie was a clueky lawyer, and she a
woman of property. Said he:
"'Do you love me?"
' Indeed, imbed I do," s),e mur
mered. "Well, on" 'deed will lie quite
enough," be said "if you will put it in
my uame."--AW York Jvurmtl
In the Fin-light.
Tho II ro upon the lioiutli i low
Anil llieri! iA stillness tvury whet
Like tninlilii'l spirits, Im-i-i-mi'l lluno
The til elicit slni'l lliiltei iiix go.
Aim! iis the sli iilows round in" deep,
A (llil.li-h lielilii Ureiiks thu (fl-Hilll
Ami softly from 11 further room
Coiims: "Now I Iny um down lo sleep.
And. so n. Iiow. with tlmt bill" I'l iy'r
And tint swim I trelile in my enrs,
.My tliouu'lil oe 1'in k to ib-l.oit junrs
And lintels ilh it deir one there;
And us I lie:ir my ehil I's noieii,
.My mother's luce i-min-, lun li lo mn-
1 K-h.-.t nt Imi Kiile I m-i-iii lo bit,
Ami inoihei holds my liuod-, uiin.
Oh, for an hour in tint deitr pluee;
1 ill, for the pe:n I tlmt de.ir lillinj
llh, lor tlmt i ll 1 M 1 h Ini-l MiMnnr;
Oh, for 11 i;liiiipe of mother's I'n-n '
Vet, 111 lliu -lnidows round me weep,
1 do not Ht'elil to hu ulooe -
Sweet llinii- oft lint lli-lil.l tono
Ami "Now I Iny me down to leep
Ku-jcnr h'itlil
ill Mouors.
Society gossip is only chin deep.
A coat of paint has 110 button!
on it.
The character of the Chinaman I?
apt to be wish-he w ashy.
No ono can surpass a deaf mute in
expressing silent contempt.
An onion is very aromatic, but you
t'ouldn't carry i! in your po.'ket for a
cent.
"Love is blind," but it gds along
remarkably well without the aid of a
guide.
Little Jack: "My mamma's new fan
is hand paint" 1." Little Hick: "Pooh1
! of II ol me,' works ' C'liirloa Au
gust US - Oh, VcS, 1 h.iv.-ieal Holmes'
Sweet II. cue.
Seven hundred and lifly-dollar fans
are very common in New York, but
sensible girls don't look for such pre
sents. 'They take a lilty-cetit fan and
t7l'A-.0 in oy-ters and and theatre
tickets.
"smith, did you see my wife go
dow:: this sired ? " "Yes, she pa-sed
about an hour ao." Wonder what
my chances are for overtaking her ?"
"(iood. 'The sidewalk is just lined
with show win lows."
One hundred and fifty inventions
I Dniiiii thud, the la:. milage used on the
decision will be the same as that em
ployed last year.
The First I'mhrella in London.
In Bed Lyon square lived, in former
lays, many notable persons. Among
Miese was Jonas Haitw ay, well known
us the benevolent traveler, the found
fr of .Magdalene hospital, and last,
but imt least, as the introducer of um
brellas into Lindon. llanway, wlei
ilied at bis house in the square in IsTo,
was the first man who ventured, after
tiis return from Persia in delicate
Health, to walk about the ot reels ol
i the metropolis w ith an umbrella over
;f Beaumont and Fletcher's plays,
liulea Wife and ll.tvea Wife," where
Altea says, as though she were ad
dressing a liberal candidate fur par
liamentary honors of the present tune
Are veil nl en Nm i imiii-hrint nt rct'.'
VH l.'tl ll HI' .t .1 wind"". HII tllllt.rf'llli
To keep ll"' .'Inn u.o'hl'i. opinion
Kriiin vein I.iir rn-.lit
'The umbrella may be glorified bj
Mr. tiladstone; but it would be un just
to ignore the fad that it is really in
debted for its greatness to tho grand
old man of Bed Lyon squ ire. St
Jaiuis's ti'u;i th .
Mexican Love for Children.
One trait of the Mexican charadei
deserving of all prase is the nationa'
love for children. Mexico is the chil
dren's paradise. Children are lovee"
and petted in public to an extent that
makes an American, used to the stolh;
ways of his own country peoplt
open his eyes in astonishnietit
and pleasure. 'There h no affectation in
the matter. A baby is every one's an
miration, and here you may see fath
ers out walking with their children
for the pleasure of the children's com
pany. In shops and all places where
people meet children are petted, and h
baby in a shop is seized ami carressed
bv an army of male admirers. lioston
t It raid.